A5050322037- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Neurology and Historical Studies
- Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- History of Science and Natural History
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Biographical and Historical Analysis
- Historical and Scientific Studies
S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy
2022-2024
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Epilepsy belongs to one of the most ancient diseases. From days yore, patients suffering from epilepsy faced stigma and discrimination because medical knowledge at that time was limited so such condition associated with various mystical mythical phenomena, no treatment available. The article extensively examines issue stigma, covering long history disease highlighting as a serious social problem. Many epileptic suffer not only symptoms but also discrimination, which profoundly lowers their...
For a long time, people suffering from epilepsy have been feared, suspected, and misunderstood, socially stigmatized viewed as outcasts. On the other hand, was attributed to many remarkable personalities, among whom are Julius Caesar, Alexander Great, Socrates, Aristotle, Joan of Arc, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Ivan Terrible, Newton, Peter Napoleon, Walter Scott, Paganini, Byron, Van Gogh, Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, others. The article is aimed confirm on historical facts or debunk myths...
This paper represents a unique study carried out by team of physicians having diverse medical experience (practitioners, residents, students), who relying on own viewpoints positions came to common understanding and began consider epilepsy not only as severe, chronic, widespread brain disease, but also part human culture reflected in many literary works. Our was aimed at searching analyzing available sources that describe course its impact life famous people well role society. Literary...